Effect of Corexit 9500A on Mississippi Canyon crude oil weathering patterns using artificial and natural seawater
During the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM), the application of 6.97 million litres of chemical dispersants was used at the well-head and on the sea surface to promote oil degradation and weathering of the Mississippi Canyon 252 (MC252) crude oil. Chemical...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Heliyon |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016306235 |